The decisive battle against the Third Reich

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"The problem is that Holm does not play such an important role!" Colonel Slain said: "The Soviets have completely surrounded us! The role we can play is very limited. In fact, our self-protection is problematic!"

"No, we will be more important than anyone can imagine!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Why?" Colonel Slain asked.

"Because Holm is a transportation hub..."

"It used to be!" Gerhard interrupted Qinchuan: "Sorry, Captain. It may have been a transportation hub before, because it was surrounded by swamps that were difficult to pass. The small highland of Holm is like a swamp. A springboard. But now...the swamp is frozen and the Soviets can pass through it as they please!"

"You're right!" Qin Chuan said, "But I don't know if you have ever thought about it. What if we can stay here for a month, two months or even longer?"

Hearing this, the officers were all stunned.

Although the previous victory gave the German officers and soldiers confidence that they could block the Soviet attack, they had almost no intention of resisting the Soviet army here for a month, two months or even longer.

In their minds, the German army just lost once... This is indeed the case. Before the defeat of the Battle of Moscow, the German army achieved brilliant victories again and again. Each victory was able to defeat or surround dozens of Soviet divisions. For example, in the Battle of Moscow In the pincer attack in the direction of the Brest Fortress, the German army annihilated 300,000 Soviet Red Army soldiers.

Compared with these victories and the total strength of the German army, the defeat in the Battle of Moscow did not cause any damage to the German army.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers of Holm all had the idea that the main German force would launch a counterattack soon, and Holm only needed to hold on for a while until the main force arrived to relieve them.

In fact, the command's order was the same: hold on to Holm and wait for reinforcements.

But Qinchuan knew that this was not the case. The main German army could not send reinforcements to Holm at all, because they were retreating at this time and had to retreat at least 150 kilometers away.

Gerhard swallowed hard and said, "How many months will we... be stationed here?"

Qin Chuan realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

If they don't know this, they think that the main force will counterattack soon... In this way, day after day, months pass without realizing it.

But now, a few months thrown out suddenly would freak them out.

"No, I don't mean that!" Qin Chuan said: "I want to say that this can be used as a bargaining chip. If the command headquarters is made aware of the importance of Holm, then they will increase the delivery of materials to us! "

These words made the officers look better.

After a while, Bazel agreed: "I think the captain is right. We can assume with them (the command) how the Soviets will react if Holm can stay guarded!"

"Yes!" Colonel Slain looked at the map and said: "Holm is like a thorn to the Soviets, which will directly lead to their fear of crossing. The reason is very simple. If a large number of Soviets cross Holm penetrates to the west, and at the same time Holm is always in our hands, which will cause a serious problem... Once the ice and snow melt, the Soviet Union's intersecting troops will all be surrounded because of Holm, then obviously It’s extremely dangerous for them!”

"Also because of this!" Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard continued: "The Soviets had to invest a large number of troops and supplies in Holm instead of pursuing them..."

"Yes!" Colonel Slain said: "So it is completely valuable for the command to provide us with more supplies!"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan nodded.

This can also be said to be a kind of sadness... It is said that only interests matter between countries. In fact, the same is sometimes true within the army, especially when the troops are retreating.

Just imagine, if Holm had no benefit or value to the German retreat, I'm afraid he would have been abandoned by the headquarters long ago.

But there seems to be nothing wrong with this... It has always been normal for large armies to fight and sacrifice small units to preserve large units.

In fact, the commander of Army Group Center seemed to have noticed something strange about the Soviet army.

"The speed of penetration by the Soviets is not as fast as we thought!" Kruger said: "This is a bit strange!"

"Is it because of our air strikes?" Telesco asked.

The German Air Force has always had the advantage on the Eastern Front. When the three Soviet armies were intersecting the two German army groups, the German Air Force devoted almost all its strength to bombing the Soviet army indiscriminately.

"No!" Kruger shook his head and said: "You know the Soviets, if they are unwilling to stop, they will continue to move forward even if we drop bombs on their heads every minute!"

"What could be the reason?" Telesco said: "It can't be that these Soviets are merciful!"

"No, of course not!" Kruger turned his attention to Holm and said, "Could it be Holm's fault?"

"Holm? Why?" Telesco asked.

"I'm not sure!" Krueger said. "But the Air Force reports...the Soviets are surrounding Holm with more and more troops!"

At this time, a correspondent handed Kruger a telegram and said: "Marshal, telegram from Holm!"

Kruger took the telegram and read it, then nodded and handed it to Telesco, saying, "I think we already know the reason!"

After reading the telegram, Telesco's eyes lit up: "So, Holm is likely to become a good chess piece for us to contain the Soviet Union's interspersed troops!"

"Yes!" Kruger replied, "So we are stupid, aren't we? We only thought about stopping the Soviets in front, but didn't think we could hold them back from the back... Fortunately, it's not too late now!"

"Yes, it's not too late!"

"Immediately increase the airdrop to Holm!" Kruger ordered: "At all costs!"

"Yes, Marshal!"

So, if a fleet of transport planes cannot successfully airdrop supplies to Holm, the command will send two teams.

But even so, the airdrop effect is still not ideal, because the Soviet army will fire smoke bombs at Holm before the transport planes arrive over Holm, which makes it impossible for pilots to airdrop at the exact location.

Later, the Germans used flares to guide the pilots. As a result, the Soviets also fired many flares of the same color around them to interfere, which put Holm's supply in trouble for a time.

In the end, the command even used the method of towing a glider with supplies to Holm by transport planes to force a landing.